Very well put Bagel - thanks for your insight. Just a small difference of opinion I have: I would hesitate to call 'Swampford' a "success story" - more a "survival story" - which beggars belief when one takes into account the amount of negative publicity they have attracted. As we well know, the fea...

Thank you Faith for reminding us of the "hollowness" of the teachings at BCF, and how they effectively alienate the families from their loved ones, at this important time of the Christian calendar. I recall the many "Easter Conventions" held at Chandler, where we had to spend the whole four days dri...

I have just finished reading this very interesting and informative book by Margaret Thaler Singer. I would like to post some excerpts from the book, which may be helpful to people reading the Streetcar Forum and seeking to understand how Cults operate and recruit their members, as well as the fallou...

Thank you both for your views regarding this BCF "Groupthink". Brings back recollections of a time in the 1990's when we were advised in Home Groups that we were required to write down our own personal history of everything that had ever happened in our lives (Pre/Post BCF). I recall clearly thinkin...